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Revusical.
Described as an 'alluring... picturesque and romantic revue,' this production was unlike most of the Moon and Morris Revue Company repertoire in that it was plot-driven. According to the Brisbane Courier, the story dealt largely with Spanish bandits and marauding gypsies. 'George Moon,' writes the paper's theatre critic, 'was funny as the proverbial circus as 'Tony' a sort of suburban mountaineer. Especially comical was when he confided in song to his hearers how he "hated women like 'ell," not merely because they were "blots on the landscape of life" but because they were ''slugs on the cabbage of bliss"' (2 August 1926, p.10).
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One of the troupe's other revusicals was Dad, Choom and Co.
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A revusical with the similar title of A Mountain Maid was produced by the Skeeta (Billy) Cass Revue Company in 1927. There is no evidence to suggest that these two works are related.
Production Details
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1926: Empire Theatre, Brisbane, 31 July - 6 August.
- Director Ed. Warrington; Producer Fullers' Theatres Ltd.
- Troupe Moon and Morris Revue Company.
- Cast incl. George Moon (Tony), Dan Morris, Nell Fleming, Shannon Raye, Alec Kellaway (Brigand Chief), Ed. Warrington, Irene Vando, Tony O'Brien, Durham Marcel, Syd Burchell, Ena Gordon, Vera Sewell.
1926: Fullers' Theatre, Sydney, 6-12 November (as The Mountain Maid).
- Director Ed. Warrington; Producer Fullers' Theatres Ltd; Stage Manager Durham Marcel.
- Troupe Moon and Morris Revue Company.
- Cast incl. George Moon, Dan Morris, Ed. Warrington, Alec Kellaway, Nell Fleming, Durham Marcel, Vernon Sellars, Ena Gordon, Doreen May, Patsy Hill.
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cSpain,cWestern Europe, Europe,
